plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to be done; to be practiced; to be practised; to take place; to be held; to be prevalent
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
party venue; place for a party; banquet hall
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
some people; a few people; several people
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
absorption; suction; attraction
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
caller; visitor; company; guest
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
person of doubtful origin
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
plural; multiple; several
right under; directly below